Scope
In Docket EL24-027 the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission granted the petition of Leola Data Center, LLC under SDCL 49-34A-56 to take electric service from Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. for its proposed data center adjacent to MDU's Leola substation, although the site is in the assigned service area of FEM Electric Association Inc. The Commission considered the matter at its 8 September 2026 meeting, adopted the parties' Stipulation and Settlement Agreement as amended, and assigned MDU as the electric provider subject to that agreement. It is a customer-specific commission order, not a statute or a general tariff.
- Geographic scope
- Leola site, FEM Electric Association service area, South Dakota
- Jurisdiction
- State
- Authority type
- Regulator or commission
- Issuing authority
- South Dakota Public Utilities Commission
Dates
- Adopted
- 8 September 2026
- Effective
- Effective date not stated in the source
- Scheduled expiration
- See completion condition
- Ended
- Not recorded as ended
- Completion condition
- The order states no end date; the docket page shows the docket closed on 11 September 2026.
- Source document
- The source page states no document date
- Last checked
- 23 September 2026 (earlier than tracker date 5 October 2026; not an automatic status change)
Summary
The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission, acting under SDCL 49-34A-56, granted Leola Data Center, LLC's petition to take electric service from Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. for a proposed data center near MDU's Leola substation, a site inside FEM Electric Association's assigned service area. The Commission approved the parties' settlement, as amended, at its 8 September 2026 meeting, and the docket was closed on 11 September 2026. The order concerns one customer and site.
What this does not establish
- This is a commission order for one customer and site, not a statute or a general data center tariff.
- The day on which the written order was signed is not legible in the order's text layer; the docket lists the order under 09/11/26. The 8 September 2026 date is the meeting at which the Commission voted.
- The settlement terms are incorporated by reference and were not restated here; the related electric service agreement under Rate 45 is a separate, pending docket (EL24-028).
Unresolved questions
None recorded.
Relationships
Supersession means a later instrument replaces the earlier legal effect. Repeal links identify the repeal instrument and the measure it ends. A later implementation or related letter is not treated as a replacement unless the record says so.
- Related, not a replacement SD PUC EL24-028: MDU Rate 45 service agreement with Leola Data Center (pending) (Pending proceeding)
Sources
https://puc.sd.gov/commission/dockets/electric/2024/EL24-027/EL24-027SettleStip.pdf
- SD PUC docket page EL24-027 order listing (09/11/26) and docket closure